--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ config FILE_LOCKING
           for filesystems like NFS and for the flock() system
           call. Disabling this option saves about 11k.
 
+config DIRECT_IO
+	bool "Enable O_DIRECT support" if EXPERT
+	depends on BLOCK
+	default y
+
 source "fs/notify/Kconfig"
 
 source "fs/quota/Kconfig"
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ obj-y :=	open.o read_write.o file_table.
 		stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLOCK),y)
-obj-y +=	buffer.o bio.o block_dev.o direct-io.o mpage.o ioprio.o
+obj-y +=	buffer.o bio.o block_dev.o mpage.o ioprio.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DIRECT_IO) += direct-io.o
 else
 obj-y +=	no-block.o
 endif
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2468,12 +2468,26 @@ enum {
 	DIO_SKIP_HOLES	= 0x02,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DIRECT_IO
 void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error);
 
 ssize_t __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
 	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
 	dio_submit_t submit_io,	int flags);
+#else
+static inline void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error)
+{
+}
+static inline ssize_t __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
+	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
+	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
+	dio_submit_t submit_io,	int flags)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+#endif
+
 
 static inline ssize_t blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 		struct inode *inode, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * f
 		   arg |= O_NONBLOCK;
 
 	if (arg & O_DIRECT) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DIRECT_IO
 		if (!filp->f_mapping || !filp->f_mapping->a_ops ||
 			!filp->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO)
+#endif
 				return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -641,9 +641,12 @@ int open_check_o_direct(struct file *f)
 {
 	/* NB: we're sure to have correct a_ops only after f_op->open */
 	if (f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DIRECT_IO
 		if (!f->f_mapping->a_ops ||
 		    ((!f->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO) &&
-		    (!f->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem))) {
+		    (!f->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem)))
+#endif
+		{
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}